英文词源
- sinkhole (n.)
- also sink-hole, mid-15c., "sewage pit," from sink (n.) + hole (n.). As a geological phenomenon, "hole made in the earth in limestone regions by underground erosion," 1780, from sink (v.).
实用例句
- 1. To a geologist, this is a simple limestone sinkhole.
- 对地质学者来说, 这只是简易的石灰石污水池.
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- 2. Local authorities and geologists are still investigating what caused the sinkhole.
- 当地官员及地质学家仍在调查此次地陷发生的原因.
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- 3. In 2007 an approximately 30 - story - deep sinkhole ( pictured ) swallowed several homes and killed three people Guatemala City.
- 2007年危地马拉一个大约30层深的 大洞 吞掉了很多房屋,并导致3人死亡.
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- 4. His eloquence is all the more remarkable because migraines are a sinkhole for language.
- 他的描述很引人入胜,因为偏头疼就像是语言的排污口.
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- 5. As the crack gets bigger, the topsoil gently slumpsand develops into a sinkhole.
- 但裂缝增大时,表土下降之后形成大洞.
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